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Ezybook's star is on the rise, having done more than half a million online bookings and scored tech honours.
Ezybook founders Ben Fernandez and Wayne Rudd describe their investment in their business as 'sweat labour' – and that's certainly how it started. A keen badminton player, Fernandez noticed his club had a real need for an online booking system to avoid double-booked courts and make life easier.
After it took off for the club in January 2009, the pair realised it was time to take it wider than just within the club. In May that year it went live, and now they've done more than 500,000 bookings.
The business has been so successful, says Fernandez, because it's solving a real problem a lot of businesses struggle with – dealing with client bookings. And now everyone wants to be able to book online, but not everyone can afford to build their own booking platform.
"We've seen a growing trend in booking behaviour with more and more people wanting to make bookings outside of normal business hours, and wanting to do everything online," Fernandez says.
There's also the capacity for reducing 'no shows' via email and text message reminders, which in turn helps businesses' costs.
It's been hard yakka, says Fernandez, with a few 'trial and error' sales efforts.
"We've found that the most successful approach has been direct sales – in fact, that accounts for about 75 percent of our client base. As our client base and the number of users of Ezybook have grown we've also seen a steady increase in the rate of organic growth."
The pair are also focusing on customer segments where they experienced early success, and are looking at building on that to enter international markets. Ezybook recently launched in Australia, a market that is a focus for 2012.
To date they've been the sole shareholders and have been able to fund the development themselves: "Being a cloud-based internet service our overheads are very low so the main investment has been 'sweat labour' put in by both Wayne and me. Our current plan is to fund future growth ourselves through the growing income of the business."
Adaptability is key, though. They've tweaked their financial model several times since launching. Ezybook runs on a transactional pricing model: there's no setup cost, no fixed term, but business pay a per-booking charge and a fee per text message reminder.
"The more bookings they have, the more they pay. Because of our financial model we have the same driver as our clients – get them more bookings and we earn more – a real win-win."
For the first two years running the business, they both had day jobs, but since late 2010 both Fernandez and Rudd (Fernandez pictured) have been full-time in the Ezybook engine room. "We've never really looked back since going full-time," Fernandez says.
Aside from reaching the milestone of their 500,000th booking, they also scored honours in last year's Bright Ideas Challenge, winning the ICT category, and were finalists in Enterprise North Shore's Business Excellence Awards in 2010 in the Excellence in Technology category.
It isn't all sunshine and cork-popping though – they've had some cliffhanger moments, such as in the aftermath of the first Christchurch earthquake, when they expected their service would go down. (Ezybook's cloud-based service net24.co.nz is located in Christchurch.)
"Of course, we freaked out, assuming our service would go down, and that our phones would be ringing hot with unhappy customers. The amazing thing is that with all the earthquakes we didn't experience a single outage! There was one week when Ezybook was running on diesel, but this was all handled without our customers noticing a single thing.
"In fact, during the almost three years our service has been live, we've had 99.976 percent up-time for our clients – something we're really proud of."
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Jillian Dinkel transformed this home's main floor bathroom into a sophisticated monochromatic space for the family's growing children. All finishes, furniture and fixtures were selected by Jillian for the bathroom's gut renovation. Jillian also designed a custom joinery unit for the family's entertaining space to incorporate a new gas fireplace and house the family's media collection. Stay tuned for Stage 2 of this home's redesign- in process now!

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Leadership Lessons
Posted on 07. Sep, 2017 by John Lynn in Career Coaching, Careers
John Moore recently shared this fascinating leadership story:
When I was first promoted to a Vice-President, almost immediately, I had to make an extremely difficult decision. There was a regional manager who was on my team that had been given a 90 day action plan. The day I was promoted, his 90 days were up. My boss, along with HR, told me to terminate him. I refused to do so. I was on my second day of the job, and if he was going to be terminated, it should have been done by my boss/hr, and not me. I extended his action plan so that I could make my OWN determination about his ability to do the job. I worked with him. In 6 months, his region went from number 9 to number 3 in my division. 2 years later, he was promoted to a VP and now he is the SVP. This weekend, he called to thank me for believing in him and not firing him. It made me smile.
1. As leaders, never be afraid to RESPECTFULLY push back if you feel you are being asked to do something wrong or unethical.
2. As a leader, you OWN your people. It is your job to do what is right for them.
3. Every now and then, it is not the employee who needs coaching on how to perform, it is the leader, who needs coaching on how to be a leader.
4. Lastly, as a leader, you should always seek to coach people up first instead of coaching them out.
I know a lot of "leaders" that wouldn't have had the leadership skills necessary to do like John Moore did. They would have folded to HR's request and let the employee go. No doubt it's a hard position to be in when you were just promoted and your boss is asking you to do something, but to respectfully push back was worth doing for this boss' reputation as well.
I loved John Moore's 3rd point above too: "Every now and then, it is not the employee who needs coaching on how to perform, it is the leader, who needs coaching on how to be a leader."
That's an important leadership lesson in itself. Sometimes we have to look inward at our own inadequacies before we start pointing the finger at everyone else. That's what great leaders do.
Have you ever been in a challenging position like this as a leader? What did you do? What did you learn?
3 Responses to "Leadership Lessons"
15. Sep, 2017
Yes, I have been in this position and agree with most of your comments.
I would proceed with caution in suggesting you "own your employees". This language perpetuates a less than
Inspiring leadership style. It would make you very unpopular if you are working in the South…well, probably anywhere. I would suggest you "owe" (not your) "all" employees your time and interest in making them successful. Which also can mean going to bat for them when it is the right thing to do.
Michelle Culbertson
15. Sep, 2017
I had a situation in the late 80'a where I was employed as an office manger. I was only on job for a couple of months when I was asked to fire a secretary immediately. I respectfully advised my manager we had to go by the HR book and give a certain amount time or warnings. He relented and listened to me. But, still in time she was terminated.
20. Sep, 2017
Good point. I think the idea of being responsible for and caring that much about your employees is a good one, but the idea of owning them could definitely be corrupted in bad ways.
Nice job sticking to your guns. I try to make sure that I know my employees well enough and that expectations are set well enough that we both know when it's not working out. That's a hard goal to achieve sometimes though.


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It's All in the Mix: Hybrid Training Programs for Indoor Cycling
As I walked into my studio one morning, I overheard a few members discussing how little time they have left at the end of each day, between kids, work, spouses, etc, and how they are starting to run out of time to fit their workouts in each day. It was at that point that one of the ladies in the group yelled over to me (as I pretended that I did not hear the first part of their conversation) and said, "If you were me, would you choose Indoor Cycling, Yoga or Strength Conditioning if you could only workout for an hour three to four times a week?" As I thought carefully and quickly to my response, the truth is you need to have a mix of all three types of training! This is really the key to successful health and training, not to mention the added benefits of loosing weight and strengthening the overall body.
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About two weeks later, the first 'Cycle & Lift' class was held. Members were excited to try something new and we were looking forward to this program meeting their time and fitness needs. During warm-up on the bike, students were informed of the class 'game plan' – ten minutes on the bike for a high intensity interval and five minutes off of the bike for a variety of strength training exercises. The goal was to complete a total of four rounds (Round 4 is shorter so there is time to cool down and stretch).
It was quickly realized that time on the bike was precious and students needed to maximize their efforts on the bike as intervals were to the point, for example, seven minutes of rolling hills, with 3 minutes of downhill. Although everyone was still encouraged to work at their own ability level, I had never seen such effort from so many students before, even the beginners! They had a passion for reaching and maintaining heart rates while on the bike as they knew that there was only a ten minute time frame to reach their goal. They became encouraging to one another, yelling out "I'm there! Come on everybody… let's go!" And most importantly, they were maximizing their time on the bike by reaching these heart rate levels, maintaining and then recovering from them as well. What they were gaining was mindfulness about what they were capable of doing.
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At the end of the class, students were asked what they thought of this new workout… what they REALLY thought of the class. Most of them were exhausted and said it was great, some were excited and wanted to do it tomorrow again and one person did not like it at all, (can't please them all!). After a few modifications to class structure, equipment usage and timing, Cycle & Lift became one of the most popular classes the studio offered. Word had spread that you could get this great total body workout in just one hour and students were amazed at the results they were seeing in a one hour class; weight loss, decreased BMI and increased strength and flexibility.
While the workouts vary from class to class, clients all agree that it is the exact type of class that is doable and enjoyable. Classes are engaging and interactive and the workouts always vary from class to class each week and with each instructor, so students are constantly challenged. Although there are numerous other choices of workouts, this is one that is great for any studio or instructor to offer because at the end of the day, it's all in the mix!
Sample Hybrid Indoor Cycling Workout
Round 1:
Bike Interval –
- Warm-up (3 minutes)
- Rolling Hills (7 minutes)
Strength Interval –
- Renegades (2 minutes)
- Plank Hold (1 minute)
- Weighted Sumo Squats with One Arm Shoulder Press (1 minute per arm for a total of 2 minutes)
Round 2:
Bike Interval –
- Speed Circuit: 90 – 110 RPM in the Saddle for one minute, 80 – 100 RPM out of the saddle for one minute, 90 – 110 RPM out of the saddle for one minute, recovery at 70 – 80 RPM for one minute (8 minutes)
- Team Speed Trial: Breaking the class into two teams, one team does 90 – 110 RPM in or out of the saddle for 30 seconds; the other team recovers at 60 – 80 RPM of 30 seconds. Each team has two intensity speed rounds (2 minutes)
Strength Interval –
- Clock Lunges with a bicep curl (3 minutes)
- Tricep Dips (1 minute)
- Bicycles (1 minute)
Round 3:
Bike Interval –
- Hill climb with a higher gear change each minute. First 5 minutes in the saddle, last 5 minutes out of the saddle (10 minutes)
Strength Interval –
- Wood choppers with a twist to engage the oblique. 2 sets of 15 on each side (4 minutes)
- Arm Clocks: side lateral raise to shoulders, rotation, fly arms up overhead until dumbbells touch, lower arms back to side lateral position, rotate, lower to sides. 20 sets (1 minute)
Round 4:
Bike Interval –
- Jumps in and out of the saddle (3 minutes)
- Walk, Jog, Run out of the saddle: 20 seconds of each (3 minutes)
Strength Interval –
- Push ups in both regular hand width and wide hand width (1 minute of each)
- In between the sets of push ups, roll over and complete 10 up and overs: this is a movement where a medicine, resist or ballast ball is passed between the feet and the hands as they meet up high to pass and then lower back down towards the floor. The goal is to stay as long as possible with no limbs bending. (1 minute)
Stretch & Cool Down – 7 minutes
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In keeping with the pace of technological developments and economic changes the industrial engineering segment too is undergoing a change. Presently three emerging trends noted include the following:-
Reducing energy consumption – Energy consumption is essential for all kinds of business as the expenses of the energy are always on the rise. The industrial engineers are looking at ways so that the systems reduce the energy that gets wasted at certain times and aiming at a smarter building mechanism.
Reducing environmental impact – Whilst minimizing energy might also be considered as a way to bringing down environmental impact, it is an essential trend that it deserves attention in its own order. The facilities that integrate natural ventilation are designed to be more inviting to the ones who keep the energy as low as possible.
Concentrating on automation – Enhanced technology is generation automation into almost every industrial engineering project in certain ways, as it is useful in lessening the expenses without affecting the quality.
All these industrial engineering services trends put together points towards a -greener- management and minimizing the environmental footprint and can be seen in various areas of our lives and industrial engineering is in no way separate than this. However, there is one thing is certain that the forthcoming days with continue to bring about more changes and industrial engineering services will come up with better ways to cope up with it.
The entire industrial perspective for the forthcoming years seems to be double folding in the next decade. The industrial engineering service has become a high diversified segment. The industry projects a market capital of $3 trillion. In addition to that, the end users of industrial projects are highly diversified with a high range of commodity product manufacturers to long development cycle programs as it is in medical, nuclear, aerospace devices and transportation segments. The application of industrial products can also make this segment heavily advanced as well as challenging.
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I'm always on the look out for quirky festivals to tell you about and this one caught my eye for two reasons – a) the extraordinary opulent surroundings and b) a grand mash-up of the arts, food and politics.
Taking place mainly in the grand surroundings of Blenheim Palace and nearby Woodstock, Oxfordshire, from Thursday 13th to Sunday 16th October 2016, Blenheim Palace Festival of Literature, Film and Music will feature a curious mix of notable talents.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND Investments in Transpo rta tion Tr;;a.nsportati on f u lfills many social needs and i$ ered an component o f the infrastructure of today's society. Investments in transportation represent slgni.ficam economic bet\efl.ts to the conununity through the moveo1em of peop le and goods. These benefits accrue ditecdy to those who usc the i nvestment as well as indirectly to th.ow who may not use a particular mmspor tatiou facility. Some benefits. such as the eco nomic s timu lus and employment increa ses from consuucdon. are a direc t resul t of the dec i sion to i nvest in F1orida high speed rail . Other bcncflcs. such as ings in energy, travel time, safety and are depend ent on the r i dership and the ac tua l performance of high sp e ed rail in comparison to a l ternative fonns of tra n .sf.(>rt over chc Lif e of the proj ec t These bcncA.ts are deten nined based on rhe best cun:en t estimates of ridcr. ship a n d the performance characterist ics of <1k. a uto 3nd high speed rail travel Growth and limitations F l oruja has e xperi enced populati on and t o ur ism growth over the past few decades vircoalh unrivaled elsewhere in the United States. Consi d erab le progress bas been made in expanding Florida's highways, ports, airports and public transportation. systems; however growing dema nd continued r o o utpa ce the supp l y of new transpo r tatio n capac ity. In addition. it is becoming increas ingly d ear that the costs and consequences of un limited expansion of Florida's r oadways are more than can be borne b y ou r environment and by the taxpayers-. High S peed Rai l Alternative The Florida D epartment of T ransportation has aggres. s ively sought alternatives t o meet the travel needs of Florida residents and tourists while still being responsi# ble stewards o f the environme n t an d public r erources. In this search the pto$peCt of i mplementing a high speed roil system for florida began in 1982 and is currently m a ndated by the 1 992 Florida High Speed Rail Transponation Ac t Meanwhile, high speed rail has grown more attractive as modem rail techno logy has p r oven it self in an increasing number of travel markets across the g1ohe Florida's rapi d population and tourism growth, fiat t opography. clu s[et of la rge urbanite d areas, and growing de.nsities have c reated a cravel market that in part, may best be sexved by a tr'Jnsportation that includes high speed rail. Part of an Integrated Multimodal System The propooed Florida high speed rail project is not a sing l e cure.-all for the pressing travel congestion prob-lems fac.iog tbe store. High speed rnil is, however, one of AN ANAI.YSI$ or THl. IMPACTS Of fLORIDA H IGH SPEtD RAIL 3
[XECUTIVt SUMMARY several pivotal tl:'o:msportacion investments needed within the intcgmted in(r;;.structurc o ( the !:iUltC tO resolve these growing concerns The Florida high speed rail project is designed t o complement other mc.,des o ( travel. Ic will serve a s an imp
Tr a veler Benefits Troveler benefits are estimated b y comparing the fore casted performance of the proposed system with the: forecasted perfor:mance of auto and a ir m-odes . Estimate$ arc d eve loped from che ridership fore.casc (and somce of travelers, i.e., shift from ail; shift from auto. and induced) and che comparative performance of the mod.es.l l co n o n .. users in the fonn of tirne savings from reduced congestion were also esci .. maced and included among the input s to the economi c impact assessment. TIME High speed rail tr ave lers who shift fiom autO and air can be expected to $ave an annual average of 3 8 millio n hours of time over the 2004 to 2043 rime period. The t ime savings reflect the sum of the esti .. mated door .. co .. door trav e l time differences. SAFETY Inremationally, high speed rail has attained an exceptional safety record which i s assumed to conti nue h't Florida operat i ons. Historical mn.ds in air and auto safety are used as a basis for decennining the of accidents, in juries, an d fataliri.es t hat might be avoided by the shUts of tr ave lers to high speed rail ENERGY&sed on forecasted 2010 and 2035 condi tions, the presence o f the high speed rai l servi ce should reduce transportat i on enerm consumption This savings is the equivalent of 16.2 mHiion gall.ons of gasoli ne o r 386,000 barrels of oil or 1.674 billion British thennal units in 20 1 0; and 21.2 m illio n gallons of gasoline or 506,000 barrels of oil or 2.111 British thermal units in 2035. AIR QUALITY High spcc
EXECUTIV[ SUMMARY I ECONOMIC IMPACTS ----;-----Methodology 11\e basic assu mption o f chis eco n o m i c impacr ana lysi s i s rha c benefits flow from impr<, wements in t ra t \ s ponarion systems {e. g reduc ed rravel t i m es and associated c osrs) and from new do1lars a ttra cte d tO a n a r e a T hus, s imp l y taking caxpayer o r pri vat e l;CCt.Or dollars a nd spen ding t hem on rranspottari o n as o pposed t o an alt ern ativ e \.IS.C will not necessarily c.reate t he same positive eco n omic impacts Realizin g p ositive b tl)efits require s the inflow o f new res ources (private sector and fed eral i nvestmen t i n economic activity} and /o r the realitari o n of rransponat i o n benefits to trav e l ers that re s u l t in produ c ed by the new inves t .. mem Thi$ analysis e v a l uat e s t he expecte d direcr an d indirect cha 1 )ge.s in emp l oymem. income, a .od n es s ac.thriry t hat would be accribut a b le co cons tr ucdng and o p c r::tti.og the h i gh :;p eed r ail pro .. j eer i n F l orid a These impacts r es ult from n e w money stim ulams c o the Florida economy that would o thcrwil;C not exis t l1\ th e s tare' s futu r e T he ec o n omic i mpacts measured in thi s rep<.>n ;.'I('C ooly a porti on o f the t ota l economic benefit s Lhat can accrue ro Flo r i d a from this i nv e scmem. Inflow of New Money as Economic Stimulus The d ecision to implement a h i gh s pee d rail projec t i n Fl orida. res ult s in flows of money int o th e state's economy. The a n a lysis o f econ o m i c impac t s r eq uir es a n u n-dcrst;.'lndi n g o f the flows o f money a nd che c O n$Cquem::es tluu they have o n th e econ .. o m y of Florida and the affecced regions. A proj ect of chis m agni t\lde will :-1 complex i nte r ac t ion w irh rhe s t ares economy Investm ent fond s cc.lm.c fwm scvc r 3 l so\ n ces: rhe s tate the federal govern me:nt tu)d rhc private sector Tl\c principal effects o f this inve stlllcnt come fr
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EXECUTI V l SUMMARY I T H E RESEARCHERS CIFA--The Florida S t ate Univ e rsity Cente r for Economic Forc..'Castin g and An::tlysis (CEFA ) $pecializes in a p p l y ing a d vanced economic e v aluation an d forecas ti n g m.odd$ t h at e x amine an d h elp re s o lve pressing p u b lic policy issues confront i ng the s'atc of F lorid a. T he Cente r cond ucts appli ed e conomic re.'iearc:h and edu c a tion a l tr aini n.g a cross a wide range o f pub lic p o licy ;;lrcas. CEFA s ta f f has _,. IIIIIMflrll .. --dcC3des of applie d research l eadership in a n umber of important public and pri v a t e policy ::treas. They i n cl ude e xper ti s e in public tf(lnsporta ti o n (with spccial iu..-d k n owlc;.-dge in t h < ;m.:as of high s pe<..-d rail and magneti c l evitat i on t ec hnology asses smemh health ca r e financean d policy; tax ati o n and fiScal issue s; heahh and prop e rty insurance; and env i r o nmenta l la n d use) e n e rgy ::tnd pl::tnning issues. The C e nt er for Urban Tra n spo rta t i on Research (CUTR) at he Univers it\' o f South F l orid a cond \ JCTS a broad ronge of policy research a dd ressing l ocal sta t e, and nationa l tr an spo rta tion issues. Wich a muh i di s .. dplinary staff o ( n ea r l y 40 full .. timc r esearchers a n d 20 g r adua t e assist an ts) CUTR con ducts more chan $ 5 m illi o n i n s p onsored r esearch annually S in<::e it.s establishment in 1988 by t h e Florida legis lature, CUTR has comp l eted in e xcess o f ZOO projocts, "alued at nearly $30 m i llion. C U T R houses the N a t ional Url.lan T!lln s it In st i tute an d t h e edito ria l office o f the Journal of Public w ith it s distin guished Editorial Board. I n che nine years sin ce-ils inception CUTR has b e come Ol'le o f the top--ranked transponati.o n research ce nter s in the counny ENDNOTE S l All references t o do1lars i n th is repo rt are i n 199 7 d ollars. 2 Regi()711)1 M ultipliers' A Users Handbook for !he Regi o n a llnputOurput ModeUng System IRIMSUJ, U.S Dep artment of Com m e r ce Economics a n d Sta dstics, 1992. J Treyz, G eorge I R egioMl Economic Modeling, A Sysremalic A pproach 10 Econmnic Forecasting and Policy Analysis, Norwell, MA' K l u w er A c ademic Publishers 1993. 4 T he i nfo r mat i on p r ov ided ro the resear<::her s b y Florida D epa r[meJ\t o f T r a nsportaci on and FOX was basM on actua l quancit)' of estimates) locall y .. b a s ed u ni t prices o f mate-rial. la bo r co install) staffing of c on str u e .. don ::tnd operati-onal phases, an d mai mcna n cc o f th e S)':it Crn durin g t h e franch ise p er Florida Depa r tme nt o ( T ransportat i on franchise agr e ements: FOX Proposa l daced Octobe r 3 1 1995; P os t # Franchisc Agreemem dated August 2 1996 : Pre-Ce rtificatio n P o s t-Franchise Agreemen t d a t e d N ovemb er 12, 1996. 5 FOX wiU be i mplement ing maximum y ield p r kit'tg a.s cmrt(lt l y e n ploy<..-d by the airlin e it1du s uy and oth e r trans pot ( ati o n providers. 6 In add i tion t o the 1993 Florid a Dep;mmenc ofltansp ort3tlon ridership st\ldy f orec ast incorporntcd in rhc FOX prOp<:>$al, two i ndependen t rid ership St u dies a r e current! ) being co nduct<..'


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In October this year, my friend/to be sister in law Merida and I were lucky enough to take a little trip to Cape Town to visit my sisters. We decided to make the most out of the few days we had there, so we packed as many nice outfits as we could get into our bags (including a few too many pairs of heels!) and we decided that we were going to make a photo journal of our whole trip. This meant that the two of us as well as my sisters had to have a camera on hand at ALL times (thank you to my sister Kristen for the countless photoshoots). We took over 500 photo's so this one is going to be seperated into events. The first being The Old Biscuit Mill. I have blogged about this before, when I visited Cape Town almost a year ago, and after going to the Mill the first time I was hooked. It is the perfect place to go for a nice breakfast or treat on a saturday, or if you just want to browse the stalls or gain a bit of insperation. Merida and I decided that anything we thought looked delicious, we were going to buy:; which obviously led to us feeling sick from all the sweets! It turned out to be a great day and we had such a great time testing all the nice things and eating up a storm. Here are some of the photo's we took.
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Roland Hemond, who has survived three owners as executive vice president and general manager of the White Sox, agreed Monday to a new three-year contract following the expiration of a previous three-year deal. Hemond, 55, was hired by Stu Holcomb late in the 1970 season.
``There was never any question that I would return,`` said Hemond. ``(Co- owners) Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn made it evident from the start they would want me back, and I`m real happy. The organization is strong enough to be a contender, and we can go beyond the division championship we had in 1983. ``There is a greater wealth of young players now than when I started with the Sox in 1970. We have had an accelerated scouting and development program since 1981, and the results are showing.``


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Room for you and your favorite someone, catching the perfect breeze on a sunny afternoon with a cold drink and plenty of time to catch up - our Creekside Poly Classic Beach Tete-A-Tete will give you just that. Offering two deep, cozy poly chairs and a connected center table, you'll have the versatility to place this set anywhere and always have a place to enjoy your porch, patio, or outdoor retreat.
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Course Description: This course is designed for the student to become familiar with and understand the refrigeration cycle as it applies to the different components of a system. The use of electricity as it applies to power and controls for HVAC systems will be covered. There will also be a review of refrigerant handling as it applies to the EPA CFC certification.
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Safety torch techniques, cutting, fitting and brazing of various copper projects will be explored. Further, the techniques for isometric drawing and pipe symbols for soldering and brazing will be practiced.
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Our Mindful Market at Snowflake Winter Wellness festival features 35+ local wellness vendors, creators and service providers at Winnipeg's historic Fort Garry Hotel on the Mezzanine level. Join us January 21, 2018 from 10am - 5pm - this is open to the public with a $2 admission. Entry into Mindful Market is free for festival ticket holders and children under 12.
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This document describes the changes and functionality available in Sugar® Professional 220.127.116.11. For more information on the changes in this release, please refer to the What to Expect When Upgrading to 7.9 article.
Sugar 220.127.116.11 is available for both On-Demand (Sugar-hosted SaaS) and On-Site deployments.
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Sugar 18.104.22.168 is a security update released to address certain security vulnerabilities identified during our routine QA checks.
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- 77730 : The SOAP API call
get_document_revision()fails to return documents as expected.
- 78080 : Users assigned a role with Edit permission set to "Owner" may be improperly restricted from duplicating reports.
- 79000 : Dependent dropdown fields may incorrectly display when the selected parent dropdown value has no child values enabled.
- 79177 : The Adobe EchoSign e-Signatures for SugarCRM integration version 1.78 and higher may not pass the health check as expected for upgrade.
Known Issues
The following are known issues in this release. Support Portal users can use the following links for more details about each issue:
- 53969 : The Projects module does not have the option (star icon) to designate records as favorites. As a workaround, the Favorites option can be enabled by changing
favoritesfrom "false" to "true" in the
./modules/Projects/vardefs.php file.
- 61338 : When test entries are deleted from the campaign, the related campaign emails that are sent to targets may not be viewable and display an error (Error retrieving record. This record may be deleted or you may not be authorized to view it).
- 64880 : Certain fields (e.g. email address, phone) in the Users module may not be available to add as field variables in PDF templates.
- 65527 : The SugarCRM® cube icon is used as the system-wide favicon even when "Display module icon as favicon" is enabled in Admin > System Settings.
- 65647 : Users will not see updates to their avatar images without first logging out and back into Sugar.
- 65674 : Selecting an item from the Recently Viewed list under the module tab does not correctly update the list to include the selected record.
- 66209 : Help text is not being displayed.
- 66520 : Notes may not be edited directly from the Contracts module's Notes subpanel.
- 66573 : More than one user attempting to merge records simultaneously results in errors.
- 66580 : List view loads may experience performance issues as quantity of records loaded increases.
- 66826 : Numerical fields such as Bug Number may not be used with type-ahead functionality to generate a list of potential matches when relating records.
- 66842 : Relate fields cannot be sorted as expected in the list view.
- 66900, 67294 : Resetting the forecast time period does not set the current time period correctly and causes various issues in the application.
- 66910 : The notification for Cases module does not include the case number as expected when triggered via the workflow.
- 66995 : The Display server response times option is improperly available to select via Admin > System Settings.
- 68024 : The Case Number, Date Created, and Created By field values for the Cases module may not get populated in workflow alerts that are triggered on first save.
- 68095 : Text provided for Campaign Tracker URLs is unexpectedly shortened after the first 30 characters.
- 68112 : Matrix-type reports display incorrectly when exported to PDF.
- 68245 : Calendar dashlet may be missing from Legacy dashboard after upgrading to 7.2.0.
- 68426 : New panels added to the Record View layout in Studio do not display the panel options (Display Type, Collapse?) until the layout is saved in Studio.
- 68440 : Quick creating (e.g. Leads, Contacts) via the Emails dashlet on the Legacy dashboard opens up the legacy create view instead of the sidecar record view.
- 68461 : Searching by non-primary email addresses in the module's list view (e.g. Accounts) does not pull up results as expected.
- 68464 : Changes made to record view layouts via studio are not reflected when quick creating records until after the full creation view is used.
- 68975 : Changing the order of subpanels via Admin > Display Modules and Subpanels does not preserve the order upon save.
- 68979 : Changing the currency of a quote multiple times may introduce rounding errors to the line item price fields.
- 68985 : Custom relationships created between a module and the Activities module via Admin > Studio cannot be deleted as expected.
- 69184 : Creating a custom field may not work as expected if there are numerous custom fields and large amounts of data existing in the module.
- 69391 : Changes made to module names via Admin > Rename Modules are not reflected on list views columns for modules which relate to the affected module. The column names may be corrected individually by modifying each listview's column labels via Studio.
- 69508 : Relating a new record via the Legacy module subpanel (e.g. Calls) in a module's record view (e.g. Leads) causes the Next and Previous buttons to no longer appear in the record view. Navigating back to the list view and selecting a record will correct the issue by restoring the buttons again in the record view.
- 69801, 69918 : Changing the style attributes for table tags, image tags, etc. on email templates via HTML may result in parts of the code getting removed upon save.
- 69957 : Large number of activity stream records may cause performance issues.
- 69982 : Old Value variables (e.g.
{::past::Opportunities::sales_stage::}) inserted in workflow alert templates may not display the correct value in the email as expected.
- 69985 : If a custom module has a relationship with an individual Activity-type module (e.g. Tasks), this related module may not be available to select when creating a workflow action to create a record in a module (Tasks) associated with the target module (e.g. custom module). As a workaround, create a one-to-many relationship between the custom module and the Activities module, and the appropriate Activity-type module (e.g. Tasks) will be available to select when creating the workflow action
- 70024 : Scheduled reports may have incorrect or missing charts in the emailed PDF. Select "Print as PDF" from the report's Actions menu to see the updated chart.
- 70106 : The Skype icon does not appear next to the phone number as expected when the SkypeOut integration is enabled.
- 70124 : Studio's formula builder displays several undesired functions (
isForecastClosedWon, and
- 70389 : Tabbing while inline editing the address block in the record view does not work as expected as it does not tab through all the fields (e.g. state, postal code) within the address block.
- 70542 : The "Show Completed Meetings, Calls, and Tasks" option is not available in Calendar > Settings, which can cause performance issues in the Calendar module for users who have a large number of activity records. Setting Admin > System Settings > vCal Updates Time Period to "-1" will relieve the performance delay, however, this will prevent user availability information from appearing when scheduling a call or meeting.
- 70553 : Disabling export via Admin > Locale does not remove the Export option as expected from the list view.
- 70601 : Custom HTML files including javascript may not render correctly after upgrade to 126.96.36.199.
- 71446 : For opportunities, changes made to labels via Studio > Opportunities > Labels do not affect list view labels. Make changes to labels via Studio > Opportunities > Layouts > List View to modify list view layouts.
- 71733 : Printing archived emails via the browser's print option may not display correctly.
- 71807 : Studio layouts appear in reverse order when right-to-left themes are enabled.
- 71950 : Adding TinyMCE to a TextArea-type field (e.g. Description) may cause the field to not display properly in record view when accessing Sugar via certain browsers (e.g. Firefox).
- 72022 : The Projects module is incorrectly available to select via Admin > Mobile.
- 72098 : Clicking the "Restore Default" button in Admin > Studio automatically saves and displays the out-of-the-box default layout despite not saving the change in Studio.
- 72264 : Clicking on the opportunity's name in the Quotes detail view after downloading the quote to PDF improperly redirects to the home page instead of the opportunity's record view. As a workaround, right-click on the opportunity name after downloading the quote to PDF and the opportunity's record view will open accordingly.
- 72286 : The Opportunity module's amount fields cannot accept negative values.
- 72409 : When generating a report, labels may improperly overlap in the chart (e.g. Vertical Bar chart) causing the labels to be unreadable.
- 72581 : Attempting to merge records in modules containing required dependent fields may not work as expected.
- 72588 : Synchronizing the Google Calendar with the Sugar calendar may not sync the tasks as expected.
- 72590 : The Due Date field may not be available to select when mass updating in the Tasks module. To resolve the issue, navigate to Admin > Studio > Tasks > Fields and disable the Mass Update option for the Due Date field then enable it again.
- 72810 : Filtering the list view search using custom checkbox fields may not work as expected.
- 72882 : When accessing Sugar using Internet Explorer, the date picker does not display properly and disappears when using the scroll bar on the page. As a workaround, scrolling with your mouse or trackpad will display the calendar picker properly.
- 72887 : Customizing a role-list while creating a custom DropDown field in Studio causes the new field to not be saved. As a workaround, create and save the new field before making changes to any role-lists.
- 72956, 73729 : Populating a target list by selecting a report for a module (e.g. Accounts) may not add all records as expected if the report contains a large amount of data.
- 72962 : Dependent fields containing a
related()function may cause the data to not display as expected in the module's list view.
- 73187 : Tabbing while inline editing the address block for account and contact record's may not work as expected as it does not tab through all the fields (e.g. state, postal code) within the address block.
- 73301 : Attempting to edit Sugar Logic formulas with too many lines in the formula may cause an error ("Formula Builder: Error Loading Content") in Studio's formula builder. As a workaround, edit the formula to remove any line breaks.
- 73434 : Custom entrypoints which require authentication may not work as expected when using session tokens.
- 73468 : Time-elapse workflow may not trigger as expected when a date field (e.g. Expected Close Date) in the condition is set to a date in the future.
- 73485 : Parent modules incorrectly appear in related module dropdown lists.
- 73488 : Re-ordering list view columns does not work as expected for iPad and mobile devices.
- 73492 : Sorting the Forecasts module by Likely, Best, or Worst fields may not sort by the base currency amount as expected.
- 73566 : Calculated or dependent fields containing a
related()function may not get calculated until after save for activity-type modules (e.g. Notes).
- 73569 : Attempting to add a row to an existing quote record may not work as expected when accessing Sugar via certain browsers (e.g. Chrome, Safari) on iPad.
- 73689 : When users adjust the list view or subpanel column widths, the user's preferred column size may not be preserved if the browser window is resized.
- 73891 : Attempting to reorder subpanels in the module's record view may not work as expected when logged into Sugar using Chrome on Windows. As a workaround, disable the "Enable Touch Events" option for Chrome and users should be able to drag and drop subpanels accordingly.
- 73929 : Cases created from inbound emails may improperly display the case's description as HTML.
- 74349 : Creating and saving a record assigned to a team that the current user is not associated to may display an error even though the record gets created successfully.
- 74350 : An unexpected error may occur when saving a record if there is an issue with the user's default team in the database. As a workaround, run the following query in the instance's team sets table:
UPDATE team_sets SET deleted = 1 WHERE id NOT IN ("SELECT team_set_id FROM team_sets_teams WHERE deleted = 0") AND deleted = 0. The affected users will then need to edit their profile to configure their default teams again.
- 74354 : Pie charts may not display properly in report results if there are labels with a large number of characters.
- 74382 : The Case Summary dashlet may not work as expected and cause an internal server error if the account record has a large number of related cases.
- 74421 : Passing text including an ampersand (&) into an API call may cause the call to fail.
- 74475 : Clicking a button (e.g. Plus button) in the subpanel (e.g. Emails) before the module's record view completes loading may result in unexpected errors.
- 74539 : Custom fields may not display as expected when previewing call and meeting records via the intelligence pane.
- 74628 : Certain workflows using a Relate-type field in the condition may fail to load as expected and result in errors after upgrading to 7.6.x.x. As a workaround, run the following query in the instance's expressions table:
UPDATE expressions SET exp_type = "id" WHERE exp_type = "relate" AND lhs_field = "assigned_user_id"
- 74687 : Avatar field marked as required in Admin > Studio may cause Sidecar modules to not save as expected and result in an error.
- 74818 : List view column widths for custom modules may appear collapsed after upgrading from Sugar 7.5.x.x to 7.7.x.x. To resolve the issue, administrators can navigate to Admin > Studio to change the module's list view column width or users can manually resize the column widths via the module's list view.
- 74893 : Opportunity's with expected closed dates prior to a certain time period (e.g. 1/1/1970) may cause the Forecast Bar Chart dashlet to not display as expected.
- 74919 : Performing certain actions (e.g. Quick Repair and Rebuild) in Sugar that rebuild the cache files may cause unexpected issues in the system if there are multiple users logged in and utilizing Sugar. As a workaround, perform such actions during off-hours where users are not utilizing the system.
- 75254 : Printing reports (e.g. Summation With Details report) to PDF may not work as expected when logged into Sugar via a mobile browser.
- 75258 : Mass updating or importing records (e.g. cases) that are related to records (e.g. accounts) with large datasets may result in PHP memory errors.
- 75302 : Activities (e.g. calls and meetings) created via the Calendar module tab's actions menu may not appear in the calendar grid as expected. Reloading the web browser will display the newly created activity (e.g. call) in the calendar grid.
- 75471 : Sugar may not behave as expected and result in an error if the Sugar license is either expired or due to expire.
- 75481 : When duplicating a PDF template via Admin > PDF Manager, the template's body is not visible. Save then edit the duplicate record to view and modify the template.
- 75482 : Editing all recurrences of a call or meeting with invalid recurrence rules may result in unexpected behavior.
- 75916 : Customizing JS and other core files may cause customizations to not work as expected after upgrading to 7.7.x.
- 75937 : Users assigned a role where access to the Project Tasks module is disabled are improperly able to create project tasks via the Project Tasks subpanel.
- 75939 : Importing a large number of records (e.g. 8,000) in Sugar may fail to import as expected. As a workaround, break up the import file into smaller batches with less than 5,000 records.
- 75940 : Mass deleting more than 20 Account records with numerous related records may fail to delete as expected and result in an error.
- 76007 : Inline editing the User field for records in the module's list view (e.g. Accounts) may display an error upon save for users assigned a role with View and Edit permissions set to "Owner". Reloading the web browser will resolve the issue and display the updated assigned user's name for the record in the list view.
- 76040 : Certain modules may be marked as customized in Admin > Studio > Export Customizations after installing or upgrading to 18.104.22.168.
- 76107 : Generating Calls, Meetings, or Tasks reports grouped by "Day" for Date or Datetime fields (e.g. Day: Start Date, Day: Date Created) may result in a database failure error for certain database stacks.
- 76113 : When accessing Sugar using Chrome or Firefox, clicking the "i" icon for Call, Meeting, or Task record cells on the calendar view may cause the calendar grid to appear blank and improperly display the more information pop-up window at the bottom of the screen.
- 76124 : Users assigned a role with View permission set to "None" for a module (e.g. Contacts) may be able to preview the module record via the Search and Add drawer for Sidecar modules.
- 76126 : When entering a dependency formula for a DropDown-type field, clicking the Cancel button on Studio's formula builder may not close the window as expected and result in an error.
- 76130 : Printing reports with charts (e.g. Summation-type reports) to PDF may not display correctly when logged in with languages using right-to-left script (e.g. Arabic, Hebrew).
- 76151 : When viewing Sidecar module records in list view, Firefox users cannot click the "x" to cancel an applied saved filter as expected. As a workaround, apply the All {Records} filter to reset the list view.
- 76166, 76167 : Users are improperly allowed to set the lead's status to "Converted" via the Leads subpanel and Mass Update panel.
- 76494 : For some On-Demand instances, the Forecasts list view may not display as expected after upgrading to 184.108.40.206.
- 76524 : Dependent fields may not appear in the layout (e.g. Record View) as expected if the parent field (e.g. parent dropdown) is not present.
- 76574 : Disabling and enabling modules via Admin > Search then scheduling a system index prior to saving may cause a 500 error to occur when performing a global search.
- 76698 : Previously existing reports may not display the Primary Team Name field values (e.g. East) as hyperlinks after upgrading to 22.214.171.124. Creating a new report including the Primary Team Name field will display the field values as hyperlinks as expected.
- 76699 : When logged into Sugar using certain browsers (e.g. Internet Explorer 11), multiselect-type fields may not display properly when inline editing or mass updating the field via the module's list view.
- 76730 : Field-level validations may not work as expected to trigger field validation messages upon saving the record.
- 76985 : When performing a global search, filtering by a module then hitting the Enter key after entering the search term may cause a 500 error to occur.
- 77015 : When using the
SetRequireddependency, any required fields that are not completed do not get highlighted when in-line editing and saving the record.
- 77162 : When Sugar is deployed on a Linux OS, uploading packages in Module Loader may fail with an error when .PNG files are detected by the package scanner.
- 77205 : Viewing a page (e.g. list view) in Sugar without performing any actions for a period of time (e.g. 3 minutes) may cause an error message (Request Timeout: The server is not responding. Check your internet connection.) to appear unexpectedly.
- 77287 : Performing certain actions (e.g. import, mass update) in Sugar may result in performance issues if there are numerous calculated fields to be updated in related records. As a workaround, add the following line to the
config_override.phpfile to disable the related calculation field updates:
$sugar_config['disable_related_calc_fields'] = true;. But keep in mind that the affected calculated values will not be updated and running Recalculate Values on related records.
- 77302 : Upgrades may fail due to queries posted by the upgrade exceeding the
max_allowed_packetdatabase setting.
- 77340 : Removing the Expected Close Date column via Admin > Forecasts Settings may cause the forecast worksheet and the Forecast Bar Chart dashlet to display incorrectly.
- 77362 : When creating or editing an alert email template for workflows, certain related modules may not be available to select as expected in the Related Module dropdown field.
- 77372, 77612 : When logged into Sugar using the Chrome browser, highlighting/selecting text in certain fields (e.g. Description, Name) may cause issues loading the browser and display an error. As a workaround, edit the field without highlighting any text to make the necessary changes.
- 77539 : Changing the boost value for a field (e.g. Name) may not affect the relevancy of the field for full text search, resulting in unexpected behavior.
- 77549, 77932 : Users may be logged out unexpectedly or experience performance degradation when user records are modified.
- 77563 : The Converted field is incorrectly available to add for the Leads module in Studio which when added to the layout may result in unexpected errors for converted lead records after upgrading from 7.6.x to 18.104.22.168.
- 77673 : When logged into Sugar using Safari 9, clicking the team name (e.g. East) in reports may improperly open Sugar's home page instead of navigating to the team's detail view.
- 77764 : Attempting to scroll in Legacy modules (e.g. Campaigns) may not work as expected when logged into Sugar on iPad.
- 77792 : Enabling Full Text Search for the Date Created field in a module (e.g. Leads) may cause unexpected errors when performing a global search filtered by the module.
- 77820 : The Visibility Editor window may not load as expected and display an error if there is a large number of dropdown dependencies defined in the visibility editor.
- 78031 : Setting a default value for a field during the import process may not preserve the value in the field as expected.
- 78065 : Moving a stock field between the columns (e.g. Hidden, Available) for the List View and Subpanel layouts in Studio may result in unexpected behavior.
- 78128 : For dropdown list values, a value's Display Label will improperly revert to a blank value if its Item Name is 0 (zero).
- 78153 : Changing the default value for the Popup Reminder Time field for calls or meetings may not work as expected and continue to display the old value.
- 78364 : Sugar improperly attempts to establish an SSL/TLS connection when "Use SMTP Authentication" is unchecked. Administrators who wish to permit users to send insecure emails should both uncheck the option and set "Enable SMTP over SSL or TLS?" to "none" in Admin > Email Settings.
- 78471 : Setting the default date format in the user's profile to "mm/dd/yyyy" may cause the time periods on the Forecasts Settings page to incorrectly display "Invalid date".
- 78507 : When accessing Sugar using Internet Explorer, attempting to clear filter values in a Sidecar module's list view may not work as expected.
- 78527 : Inline editing a TextArea field via the subpanel may not work as expected. Reloading the web browser will resolve the issue and allow the user to inline edit the field properly.
- 78537 : Editing the run-time filter in reports may not auto-complete to pull up matches as expected.
- 78600 : Special characters are improperly allowed to be entered in dropdown lists' item names.
- 78736 : The "My Dashboard" may incorrectly be recreated after deleting it from the home page or intelligence pane.
- 78790 : Performing certain actions that rebuild the cache files (e.g. clearing the cache directory) may cause unexpected errors in the system.
- 79172 : Manually clearing the cache directory may cause unexpected errors in the system if the Users module contains a custom field. As a workaround, perform a Quick Repair and Rebuild via Admin > Repairs instead of manually clearing the cache.
- 79204 : Creating multiple quotes from a related module's Quotes subpanel (e.g. from an account record) incorrectly duplicates the original quote's line items as line items in each subsequent quote.
- 79238 : Sugar Connector for Marketo is not supported for instances running on PHP version 7.1.
- 79244 : Certain stock modules may be improperly hidden after converting from Sugar Professional 184.108.40.206 to Sugar Ultimate 22.214.171.124.
- 79463 : The Accounts field on quoted line items cannot be populated.
Windows Server on PHP 7.1
The following are known issues in this release for Windows server environments on PHP 7.1. Support Portal users can use the following links for more details about each issue:
- 79254 : An unexpected error may display while installing Sugar on a Windows server on PHP 7.1.
- 79255 : The Report wizard may not work as expected for instances running on PHP version 7.1.
Additional Product Information
Sugar 18.104.22.168 does not include support for the following pieces of functionality:
- Sugar Mobile Plus
Supported Platforms
For information on supported platform components, see Sugar 7.9.x Supported Platforms.
Upgrade Paths
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Never take your love for granted
Wise men often play the fool."
Italian-American singer Dean Martin was born and raised in America, but due to his non-English speaking Italian immigrant parents he spoke only Italian until he started school at the age of five. Even as he became the epitome of the American Dream, his Italian roots remained an integral part of him. As the most overtly Italian of the Italian-American crooners (Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, etc.), Dean Martin recorded several Italian-flavored songs throughout the 50's, the most famous of which are Come Back To Sorrento and his signature hits That's Amore, Volare and Return To Me.
Therefore it came very naturally to him, as he recorded an entire album's worth of songs originating from Italy. It was a perfect concept for the singer, whose birth name was Dino Crocetti, and his dedication to the material is heard clearly in the passionate, textured and utterly convincing vocal performances of each and every song on the album. Italian Love Songs is one of Dean Martin's most critically acclaimed album releases, and many fans also consider it to be a personal favorite. Conducted and arranged by Gus Levene, the orchestra supplies a subtle and delicate musical backdrop for Dean Martin's evocative singing. Only a few passages are sung in Italian, but as befits an album based on Italian ballads as lovelorn as Torna A Surriento and Ritorna-Me, it's unabashedly romantic, evoking images of "The Old Country" – Rome, Italian restaurants and cafés, Italian food, Italian culture and, of course, old-fashioned romance.
Dean Martin had already recorded a few of the songs on Italian Love Songs for earlier albums. Torna A Surriento was recorded as Come Back To Sorrento (for 1953's Dean Martin Sings), which he sang almost entirely in Italian (except for 5 lines in English). For Italian Love Songs he recorded the song as Take Me In Your Arms. This stunning version ranks among Dean Martin's finest, most heartfelt vocal performances ever – evidence of what an underrated singer he is. Another song he had recorded prior to Italian Love Songs is Return To Me (Ritorna-Me). The first version can be found on 1958's This Is Dean Martin album. As wonderful as the originals are, both of these two re-recordings are even more exquisite because of Dean Martin's strongly expressive and superior vocal efforts. There's also an Americanized version of the Italian ballad O Sole Mio, re-titled There's No Tomorrow, that's no less dreamy than the Mediterranean romance of the original ("Love is a flower / That blooms so tender / Each kiss a dew drop / Of sweet surrender"). Other songs worthy of mention are On An Evening In Roma (Sott'er Cello De Roma), Arriverderci, Roma, and the cover of the Nat King Cole classic Non Dimenticar.
Also read the review of Dean Martin Sings Italian Favorites.